Using Kicker
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Chapter 2. Using Kicker

This is what you see on a freshly installed TDE, assuming that you skipped KPersonalizer. If you are using lower resolution, some of the icons may not appear immediately. To cater for those smaller resolutions, the screenshot below is divided in two parts.


Screenshot Left

This is a screenshot of the left side of Kicker



Screenshot Right

This is the right side of Kicker


Of course, this is only one way Kicker might appear on the screen. There are many more configurations available.

A quick tour for new TDE users

If you are experienced with this kind of application launcher, you can ignore this chapter and move on to Kicker basics.

The main use of Kicker is starting applications. This is done by clicking icons, either from the panel or from the TDE Menu. Kicker shows some more things too, so let's see.

Having a look at the screenshots above, there are from left to right:

The TDE Menu

It is used for launching applications and some other useful things. Refer to The TDE Menu for more information.

Application start icons

Here are some icons of commonly used applications. They can be moved and removed and others can be added. Some of them have a special meaning, which you can read more about in Kicker basics. Resting the mouse over an icon without clicking shows the name and a short description of that application, if you have set that in the Settings Dialog.

The Pager applet

This displays a small view of the virtual desktops. Clicking one section of it will activate that desktop. Please refer to Applets.

The Taskbar

All running applications are displayed as buttons in the taskbar. Clicking an application's button will bring this application on top. If it was on top before, it will be iconified. More information is available in the Applets section.

System Tray

The system tray is able to swallow some kind of applications like - in this case - Klipper and the KOrganizer Reminder Daemon. There are many other applications that dock in the system tray, for example JuK and Kopete. Clicking the icons with the left or the right mousebutton performs specific actions defined for each application.

Clock

The Clock applet is - of course - a small, useful clock. It can have various styles, have a look at the applets section for more information.

The Hide panel button

This button lets you fade out Kicker for having more space on the screen. When Kicker is faded out, only the Hide panel button will remain in order to fade in Kicker again.

This was only the description of Kicker on its initial launch. It can be configured in many ways and styles and more applets can be added. There are even some extensions like the external taskbar you can add. See Kicker basics, Applets and Extensions for more information.

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